{"id":26245,"date":"2020-07-17T17:25:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T16:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=26245"},"modified":"2024-12-30T09:27:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T08:27:52","slug":"luksch-makowsky-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/luksch-makowsky-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Elena Luksch-Makowsky exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/elenasmall.jpg\" alt=\"Old photo of Belvedere\" class=\"wp-image-26248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/elenasmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/elenasmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite all the male names commonly associated with Vienna modernism, the era was certainly not the sole domain of men. One important artist, for example, was Elena Luksch-Makowsky, as a Belvedere exhibition demonstrates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One of the IN-SIGHT exhibition series<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Curated by Alexander Klee<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Sept 24, 2020 &#8211; Jan 10, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/vienna-museums\/belvedere\/\">Belvedere ticket and visitor tips<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current &amp; future <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"37363\">art exhibitions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Russia with love (and talent)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of exhibitions and museums tackle the era of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/wiener-moderne\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"28303\">Vienna modernism<\/a> around 1900: a fascinating epoch where creativity blossomed in various fields of artistic endeavour even as the Habsburg monarchy approached its inglorious end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the names intimately associated with the movement share one feature in common, however: masculinity. Think Klimt, Wagner, Hoffmann, Loos\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belvedere&#8217;s 2019 <em>City of Women<\/em> exhibition helped redress the gender balance, featuring the work of women artists who made significant contributions to the Vienna scene at the beginning of the 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The museum continues that corrective process with an exhibition dedicated to one of those female artists: the Russian-born Elena Luksch-Makowsky (1878-1967).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luksch-Makowsky&#8217;s biography feels like it ticks all the boxes on the kind of life you want for your artists:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Born into a family of famous painters, whose clients included members of the imperial Russian court<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Travels to places like Venice and Florence as a child<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Studies in St. Petersburg and Munich<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A range of influences\u2026from the academic style to the avant garde<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Exhibitions put on by the Vienna Secession &#8211; the breakaway artist group cofounded by Klimt &#8211; featured Luksch-Makowsky&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, Luksch-Makowsky contributed two decorative panels to the legendary Beethoven exhibition of 1902. She became a de facto member of the Secession and also, for example, collaborated with another cornerstone of Vienna modernism: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/wiener-werkstatte\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"28911\">Wiener Werkst\u00e4tte<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luksch-Makowsky&#8217;s husband, the Austrian sculptor Richard Luksch, had his own connection to the same art world. You&#8217;ll find one of his works, for example, on the golden-domed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/kirche-am-steinhof\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"63812\">Kirche am Steinhof church<\/a> built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/footsteps\/otto-wagner-in-vienna\/\">Otto Wagner<\/a> in 1907.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belvedere owns four of Luksch-Makowsky&#8217;s paintings from between 1900 and 1903. The collection includes perhaps the most important of her works: the <em>Ver Sacrum<\/em> self-portrait that also features her son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the IN-SIGHT series, the exhibition helps shine a spotlight on particular aspects of Belvedere&#8217;s archives. In the case of Luksch-Makowsky, for example, by exploring the influence of her Russian connections on her work in Vienna in the early 1900s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition is also the only new Belvedere exhibition in the latter half of 2020; a lone beacon of defiance against the programme changes arising from the Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy the exhibition from September 24th, 2020 to January 10th, 2021. No special ticket is required, just a normal entrance ticket for Upper Belvedere or a valid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/vienna-pass-review\/\">sightseeing pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>See the main article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/gettingthere3\/\">how to get to Belvedere<\/a>. You want the Upper Belvedere palace at the southern end of the complex (home to Klimt&#8217;s The Kiss, for example.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While you&#8217;re there, be sure to take a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/gustav-klimt-belvedere\/\">permanent exhibition<\/a>, particularly the numerous works by Klimt and Schiele.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1ksawXWFMVD9bljA48Gi7_VvWSfI\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite all the male names commonly associated with Vienna modernism, the era was certainly not the sole domain of men. One important artist, for example, was Elena Luksch-Makowsky, as a Belvedere exhibition demonstrates. 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